https://assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Sandman.jpg Midway through Season Two, Julie Newmar appeared along with Michael Rennie as guest villains Catwoman and Sandman in The Sandman Cometh. But originally, this script by Ellis St. Joseph featured only the Sandman, with Robert Morely picked to play the ...

Paul and I are both pressed for time, but we're planning to at least record part of this episode on Thursday morning, Nov 2, US time. Glad to see we have so many comments this time!

https://deconstructingcomics.com/Batpoles/Sandman.jpg Next month's TO THE BATPOLES podcast episode will look at Ellis St. Joseph's first draft of "The Sandman Cometh", complete with no Catwoman whatsoever! Check out the script, and comment here for possible inclusion in the episode. Will ...

https://assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Henry-Semple.jpg In television, a show’s “bible” is a collection of the rules for the world of a particular show, to keep writers on track with their scripts. The makeshift bible that Lorenzo Semple, Jr., wrote for Batman is lost to history, but what might have ...

https://assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Two_Neils.jpg He’s best remembered as the Gotham City Police Department’s Commissioner Gordon, the Dynamic Duo’s #1 cheerleader. But Neil Hamilton had a long Hollywood career decades before Batman, dating back to the silent film era. This time, we talk about the...

Somewhere around the house I have a copy of the February 2004 commemorative issue of Cinefantastique , which includes an episode guide, profiles of or interviews with many of the show's creators, and a reference to the Bat-Poop bible. I can't lay hand on the magazine just now, but I found the follo...

I wonder who wrote the press release of Semple's death. Apparently that person knew something about it. Example (paragraph 7): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lorenzo-semple-jr-dead-creator-675354/ I saw several other obits from the time that mentioned the exact same factoid abou...

Hunh. Interesting. A number of the obits of Semple mentioned it (likely all drawing from the same press release) and said one of the rules he mentioned was that Batman was never to break the law, including parking in a no-parking zone (but apparently the safe robbery in THE PENGUIN GOES STRAIGHT was...

Lorenzo Semple Jr is supposed to have written a letter at some early stage of the show that was passed on to other writers as the "bible" for the series. I've looked through all the documents shared with us by various people (including some on this board) and I can't locate it. So I want t...

https://assets.libsyn.com/show/65262/Batman-StarTrekACTOFF02.jpg We’re joined again by our childhood friend Kyle for the second installment of our comparison of actors who appeared on both Batman and Star Trek. On which show did Grace Lee Whitney (King Tut moll Neila vs. Yeoman Janice Rand), Lee Me...

Nice work! Where's the "like" button on this thing...

I'm interested in Humphrey's characterization of "sophisticates." I would guess he considered himself one. Seems as though a lot of journalists of the time thought of themselves that way. Not an unknown quality in the field today, either, but seems to have been worse in the era when it was...

https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/65262/rembrandtandbatman.jpg TO THE BATPOLES: We discuss "Rembrandt the Third Meets his Master," a rejected Batman '66 script treatment by Yale Udoff. While some parts are spot-on, a vain, goofy Batman and armed-to-the-teeth Alfred are pretty far off ...

I was mistaken on the deadline. We're recording on the 19th. So you have an additional day.

This coming Thursday, 5/18/23, Paul and I will be recording a BATPOLES episode about this unused treatment. As usual, any comments you leave will be considered for inclusion in the podcast.

Read the Treatment Here